Posted 22 June 2011

‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 22nd June 2011

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Hello everyone – Wednesday comes once more and once more we provide you with a hearty stew of gaming goodness.

Speed freak will be happy this week, as not only do we have a Sonic Generations demo for you, (although you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to snag it) but also the full Blu-Ray release of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit explodes onto the Store for digital download.

Speaking of Sonic, the blue one celebrates his 20th Anniversary tomorrow and to celebrate our pals at SEGA are bringing you a great deal on Sonic content with the 20th Anniversary bundle – Sonic, Sonic 2, Sonic 4 Episode 1, Sonic Adventure (and DX add-on), and the Sonic 4 dynamic theme are all available at a reduced bundle price for only 20 days, so if you’re a lover of the speedy little hedgehog then nab it while you can.

Heaps of DLC this week, including content for big hitters like LA Noire, Mortal Kombat and LBP2 in the mix – check below for the full list.

You’ll be hearing more from me on Friday this week, so I’ll see you then.

Demos (PS3)

Add-On Game Content (PS3)

American McGee’s Alice™ (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 16 (You need a copy of Alice: Madness Returns to play this content).Availability: Not available in Austria, Denmark, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain and United Arab Emirates

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Hi RossAfter months of reading comments I have been desperate to write something and have found out only today how to do this. :)Anyway I hope you answer my question as I am very new to this. :)

When are we getting CRASH BASH as a PS one Classic? Please say it has been legally cleared and is in its final stages of Q&A.I am a huge fan of the crash bandicoot games and have played all of them except Crash Bash, hence why I am asking for it, and Activision have stopped releasing games for that series, and are not planning to, so the only thing to look forward to is the releases on PSN.

The Mortal Kombat Klassic Skins pack is now priced correctly at £3.19/€3.99 and equivalent on the SCEE PlayStation®Store. Those consumers who purchased the pack at the incorrect price will automatically have the difference refunded to their PlayStation®Store wallet as soon as possible.

Additionally, if you’re still waiting for a partial refund for Beyond Good & Evil, please be aware that there has been a longer than usual processing time for refunds as a result of our earlier outage. We’re still working through the backlog but we have a full list of those who are eligible and if you have not yet received your refund it will be added to your wallet soon.

We’re very sorry for the inconvenience this has caused those affected and we appreciate your patience as we get back up to full speed.

They will be coming but unfortunately Capcom US tends to submit their avatars to SCEA before Capcom EU submit tem to SCEE – it’s an approvals thing on both sides. We will be getting them and it certainly shouldn’t be as long as 6 months.

My greatest announcement was Sly 4… I just got to know Sly through the Collection (a real bargain, 3 GREAT GAMES for a great asking price … and all of them garuantee lots of hrs of fun), but I learned to love that racoon…

And since everything back to normal after some unwanted incident I can nag again about SOUL CALIBUR/EDGE and JADE COCOON! … ah and FINAL FANTASY VII when, you promised ;)

All those PSone titles you guys have suggested over the last few months have been passed on to the publishers in question (and internally for the SCE ones) so your feedback has been really valuable. Keep making noise about theones you want to see!

Ah, that reminds me – are we getting Beyond Good and Evil HD avatars? It was said those who bought it in the first two weeks (I bought it on day 2 after a price ‘adjustment’) would receive these for free.

Would be nice to have Resi 4 and 5 advatars like the USA Store have, look pretty cool. Lookin forward to the next back to the future, but since LBP was released as a welcome back game i want some LBP content but it is all way too expensive, reckon i will come down in price soon Ross some of the stuff?

I’m definitely going to be doing at LEAST 33. :)Sorry about the lack of comms from me recently, as you can imagine I’ve had to do a lot of running around to get things sorted out but hopefully I’ll be able to give you a lot more keyboard time going forward!

WHY IN THE WORLD the DLC pack for MK is 6.99? Are you kidding me? It’s TWICE THE PRICE I’D HAVE PAID IF I WERE AMERICAN. 4.99 dollars = 6.99 euros?? Shame on you, totally boycotting the pack. And you forgot Skarlet too, I’m ashamed.

Okay guys, this is the only comment on this subject I’ll be responding to, because there’s no point repeating the same thing over and over –

I’ve popped a statement up on comment one and Warner Brothers should have got the word out by now over Facebook and Twitter.We’re very sorry about the price problem that cropped up, but if you paid over the odds, you’ll be getting your money back and if you held off, you can grab the Klassic Skins pack for a much mor reasonable £3.19/€3.99